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SM Supermarket assures ample stocks of

basic goods during Metro ‘lockdown’

By: Katrina Hallare - Reporter

/ @KHallareINQ

INQUIRER.net / 10:55 AM March 13, 2020

MANILA, Ph ilip p in e s — SM Sup e rm a rke t o n Frid a y a ssu re d the p u b lic th a t it w ill c o n tin u e
to ke e p its su p e rm a rke ts w e ll sto c ke d w ith b a sic g o o d s d urin g th e m o n th -lo n g
“lo c kd o w n” o f Me tro Ma n ila .

As the nu m b e r o f C O VID-19 c a se s in th e c o un try so a re d to 52, Du te rte o n Th ursd a y

n ig h t o rd e re d tha t Me tro Ma n ila b e p la c e d u n d e r “c o m m u n ity q u a ra n tin e ” in a n e ffo rt
to c o n ta in th e sp re a d o f th e c o ro n a viru s d ise a se 2019 o r C O VID-19 w h ic h h a s b e e n
c la ssifie d a s a p a n d e m ic b y th e Wo rld He a lth O rg a n iza tio n.

WATSON

28 MAY 2020INTERVIEW

Co vid -19: AS Wa tso n ta lks re ta il stra te g y d uring a g lo ba l pa nde m ic

James Coker Reporter, Essential Retail

AS Wa tso n is c urre n tly th e w o rld ’s la rg e st he a lth a n d b e a u ty b ra n d , a n d in c lu d e s a
n u m b e r o f w e ll-kn o w n re ta ile rs w ith in its p o rtfo lio , suc h a s Su p e rd ru g , Sa ve rs a n d Th e
Pe rfu m e Sh o p . With its h e a d q u a rte rs in Ho n g Ko n g , a n d a stro n g p re se nc e a c ro ss So u th -
Ea st Asia a s w e ll a s the UK a n d Euro p e , th e b ra n d w a s e xp o se d e a rly o n to lo c kd o w n
m e a sure s im p o se d b y a u th o ritie s to c o n ta in th e C o vid -19 o u tb re a k. Its b u sine sse s in
So u th -Ea st Asia th e re fo re h a d to re a c t fa st to fin d n e w w a ys to c o n tin u e su p p lyin g its
c u sto m e rs d u rin g th is ne w re a lity. The b ra n d a lso h a d to ta ke a ra n g e o f a p p ro a c h e s
d u e to th e va rie ty o f its re ta il p o rtfo lio . Fo r in sta n c e , w h ile so m e o f its sh o p s, suc h a s
Su p e rd ru g a n d Sa ve rs, a re d e sig n a te d a s e sse n tia l a n d h a ve sta ye d o p e n , o th e rs h a ve
b e e n fo rc e d to c lo se b y g o ve rn m e n ts a ro u nd th e w o rld .